Gallery: They do WHAT to retouch photos?

What does it really take to make a model look magazine cover-worthy? HLN's Lynn Berry finds out firsthand.

By Anna Lanfreschi

updated9:19 AM EDT, Fri September 13, 2013

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Victoria’s Secret model Doutzen Kroes confessed to Stuff magazine, “That’s not what I see in the mirror!” She was referring to a photo of herself on the magazine's cover.

Kroes admitted that what makes a model look cover-worthy is the lighting, the makeup and the retouching. But just how much retouching do cover photos need?

We asked photo retoucher Jennifer Lau that question, and she walked us through the process. Scroll through the gallery above to see how she retouched a photo of HLN anchor Lynn Berry in the same way she would edit a cover photo of a model.

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